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Big season for Isak so great to open his account first game, just settles him into the season

Issue with a new stadium is you’d spend huge amounts and the capacity would only go up about 18000 max as the club are not realistically going to sell out regularly over 70k Whereas there was a lot more corporate and premium stuff at SJP in the 00’s, you can boost the commercial revenue from the stadium substantially. A lot more of the leases and milburn used to be various clubs and areas. id expect a modest extension plus a refurb One outcome will be higher prices…

Too much money but IMO overall a good deal for both clubs They are two midtable players, established in the league. Probably decent characters too. Maguire will play himself back into his (limited) form. West Ham will have a capable midfield 3 West Ham to finish a solid 11th or so and have some fun in Europe.

Pundits have to say something even when there’s nothing to say so not worth reading too much into Carragher It is true the club has a very specific profile; age 20-25, up to £50m, from clubs that need to sell. This does contrast with Man Utd, Arsenal, Liverpool and Man City and who go after more established players and will pay bigger fees. Nothing controversial in stating that.

Signings will make a bigger difference for Newcastle as the squad was weaker to begin with E.g. Shelvey then nobody > Tonali is a bigger shift than Man Utd signing Mount, Chelsea getting Caicedo etc I reckon 5th, behind Man City, Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea. Caveat with that being reliant on a decent season for injuries. A few key players out for an extended period and it could be 8th

? sport isn’t about how much money to be made, the idea it’s about attendances and commercials is awful Football is a European, South American and latterly African sport, if more people around the world start to enjoy playing it great, but the idea it’s all about maximising commercial interest is ?

If PSG hold their nerve on benching Mbappe he’d have a year of no games before the Euros. Benzema leaving Real leaves the gap IMO Mbappe only fancies staying so he can trouser an insane signing on bonus next year instead of PSG getting the transfer fee this year - teams should reflect on whether that’s what they want in their squads. He certainly isn’t staying for football reasons

Southampton negotiating hard on sales but ultimately they’ll have to crack for 1 or 2 players, that is the reality of relegation. Once we’re into august they will do some deals. They won’t sell everyone so who knows if Livramento is a player they genuinely want to keep it it’s just performative to get the price up

I think and hope Gordon has a great season coming up, but fans are mostly judging him on what they saw on the pitch last season - which is not unreasonable!

A lot of fans don’t go to games, or even watch them, and instead follow the team by statistics and graphs - these fans aren’t interested in those edge of seat moments when a player gets the ball and start to run

Nothing to do with this stuff then? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18254475.amp https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1314392/amp/Titus-Bramble-brother-arrested-hotel-rape-claims.html https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/sunderland-fine-titus-bramble-following-sexual-assault-charges-6258957.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-10842279/amp/Kieron-Dyer-reveals-trauma-falsely-linked-2003-roasting-scandal.html (On Bramble not dyer) People saw him for what he was, a prick. Hopefully he has matured

No no no. Bramble doesn’t get a redemption He was positionally awful, reckless and had no concentration. His occasional decent long balls masked he was shite in possession as well. He also had a stinking attitude and along with Dyer was one of the main reasons that team fell to bits. One of the worst players of that era

West Ham’s problem is everyone can see them coming, pockets bulging with the Rice cash. Fulham won’t sell for £40m unless there’s a clause

Why would he do that? He’d have a host of better clubs than Tottenham offering him silly money.

With Kane, for Newcastle the best result is he sees out his contract - Spurs would be stronger this season but would forego the £80m revenue and with Kane having 9 months left it would be a total distraction for them all year.

I guess money talks but be mad career wise for ASM to entertain a Saudi move. First chance to play in the CL, at a club going places. Neves was at wolves who are stagnating. Fabinho, Ronaldo and many others are coming to the end of their careers, so a different scenario

The club is in a very different place to January 2022. And if he wants to leave psg would he join a club where he isn’t a guaranteed starter?

The deal with th footballers going to Saudi is take the money and keep your mouths shut. They won’t be agents of change, they are being shovelled full of gold to prevent change. Btw reports MBS is going to come to the UK on a government visit. If he gets entertained at Buckingham palace it’s a bit much to give a football club a load of grief

Big difference for Chelsea will be having a full pre season with a decent manager and most of the players already in situ

If that’s true it’s a player loan sharking strategy- Southampton need money but also need to retain their better players to get promoted. Enter Chelsea operating as a loan shark, they take his future value, player probably gets more money.

Fair enough if true. He’s missed a whole season, his risk is if he doesn’t play next year he doesn’t kick on

Finished the season with Anderson and Gordon in CM, and now have European games, it’s not about the 11 it’s about the squad

After years at a bottom half PL club this is his chance to play in the CL, for that reason I think he stays

Nobody outside the club has a clue what positions or who the targets are. We will only find out when a proper bid goes in

Yea, if spending even 15m on a right back suggests there’s money for all the other positions earmarked